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The Crucible
Background notes
(on front board from brainstorming of Prior Knowledge)
on the Salem Witchcraft Trials
* Several girls accused Tituba (and then others)
of witchcraft
* Cause of the witchcraft hysteria is now thought to be from moldy bread
and the hallucinogenic effect it had of the townspeople
* 150 people were jailed, 20 were killed, inc 1 crushed to death (Giles
Corey)
* Land Greed- seen as a reason for the continuation of the hysteria (If
people were killed, then others could buy the land cheaply
* Spite- seen as another reason for the continuation of the hysteria
* Convicted witches were hanged
* Dunking Stool (Expression "Damned if you do, damned if
you don't.")
* Recitation of the Lord's Prayer
* Church attendance monitored
* Theocracy as opposed to Democracy
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The Colonial Period and Native American Projects
These are the names of the ten authors we will be studying
in this unit. Every student
will be responsible for the information presented in class about all
authors. If you are absent, then you should sign out the appropriate anthology
and get the notes from one of your classmates.
Each student (or group of two students) should select one of the following authors. Only one group per author, per class will be allowed. Sign up is on a first come, first served basis.
Group members
1. _____________ William Bradford (red anthology, page11)
2. _____________ Mary Rowlandson (red anthology, page 23)
3. _____________ Jonathan Edwards (red anthology, page 36)
4. _____________ Anne Bradstreet (red anthol, page 42 and “to My Dear and Loving Husband”)
5. _____________ Native American Myths and Ritual Songs (red anthology, page 59)
6. _____________ Ben Franklin (red anthology, page 72 and tan anthology, page 133)
7. _____________ Thomas Jefferson (red anthology, page 100 and tan anthology, page 4)
8. _____________
Frederick Douglass (red
anthology, page 385 and tan anthology, page 16)
9. _____________ Chief Red Jacket (tan anthology, page 46)
10 _____________ N. Scott Momaday (red anthology, page 1015 and tan anthology,
page 265)
Each group is responsible for reading the assigned pages,
taking notes and making a presentation to the class. The presentations should strive to thoroughly inform fellow
classmates about your author and the assigned pages.
Presentations should last
8-10 minutes (timed) and should include some form of audiovisual.
If your group needs audiovisual equipment or photocopies for handouts,
then they should see Mrs. Maguire before the due date.
Due Date: All
groups should be prepared and ready to present to the whole class on Monday,
October 18.
Assessment:
Content thoroughly covers your assigned author and all assigned pages. 40 points ____
Audiovisual captures the interest of the class and reinforces the content. 20 points ____
Presentation is loud, clear, concise and distributed evenly between members. 20 points ____
Preparation is evident. Things are ready and “set to
go.”
20 points ____
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Native American and Colonial Projects (Extra Credit)
Each
student (or group of two students) should select one of the following
topics. Only one group per topic,
per class will be allowed. If you
can think of a different topic, then be sure to check it out with me.
Sign up is on a first come, first served basis.
* The Trail of Tears
* Kachina Dolls (masks)
* Totem Poles
* A Buffalo Hunt
* Indian Sign Language
* Famous Indian Chiefs (Ex- Chief Joseph)
* The Ancestors of the Indians (How did the first
people get to North America?
* The Mound Builders (from Wisconsin)
* The Cliff Dwellers (from Utah, Colorado, Arizona
and New Mexico)
* The
Eskimos
* Indians of the Northern Woodlands (Chippewa)
* Indians of the Longhouse (Mohawk)
* Indians of the Western Mountains (Nez Perce)
* Indians of the Southwest (Hopi Village Dwellers)
* Indians of the Northwest Coast (The Tlingit)
* Indians of the Plains (The Osage Village Dwellers)
* Indians of California (The Pomo)
* Indians of the Southeastern Mountains (The
Cherokee)
* Indians of the Great Plains (The Wandering
Blackfoot)
* Indians of the Caribbean Islands (The Arawak)
* Indians of Mexico (The Aztec City Dwellers)
* Indians of the Tropical Forest in South America (Yawalapiti)
* Indians of the Andes Mountains (The Inca)
* Indians of Today
* Powhatan (from Virginia)
* Hiawatha
* Joseph Brant (Mohawk tribe)
* Sacagawea (of the Shoshone tribe in Wyoming)
* Tecumseh (Chief of the Shawnee in Indiana)
* Red Cloud (of the Oglala Sioux)
* Geronimo (medicine man of the Apaches in Arizona)
*Sitting Bull (Sioux)
*Crazy Horse (Sioux)
*Chief Joseph (of the Nez Perce of the Pacific
Northwest)
*King Phillips War
* Jamestown Colony
* Captain John Smith
* Pocahontas
* Miles Standish
* John Carver
* Squanto
* Massasoit
* Anne Hutchinson
* Roger Williams
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Class notes on American Lit.
Introduction to
American Literature
*Relatively young (Only 300+ years,
compared to Japan’s 13,000+ years
*Most of American Literature is modern because early
settlers were busy struggling against the forces of nature.
*Early Amer. Lit. resembled British Literature and was made up of diaries,
journal, travel accounts and histories. (Examples: Captain John Smith wrote of
his account of the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia; William Bradford wrote Of
Plymouth Plantations; Cotton Mather wrote almost 500 books and pamphlets
many exploring the spiritual aspect of life; and Jonathan Edwards wrote many
sermons including “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”
This set the tone for the theme of good vs. evil and stressed the
responsibility of man’s freedom to choose the course of his life.
*Ben Franklin was a bit more optimistic than Edwards and
wrote his famous essay on “Self Reliance.”
Franklin also succeeded at some prose writing: The Autobiography, Poor
Richard’s Almanack, and several practical and humorous pamphlets such as
“The Way to Wealth.”
*Anne Bradstreet- First important poet of the New World.
Was originally published in England without her knowledge (The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America.) Left
England at 18 with her husband, had 8 children and wrote in her “spare time”
while running a frontier household!
*Edward Taylor-
Considered by many to be the finest Puritan poet.
*Philip Freneau-
“The Poet of the Revolution,” has also been called “The Father of American
Poetry.”
*John Woolman- Quaker who wrote
against the slave trade.
***It is only recently that Native American works have been considered part of American Literature. Some reasons for this include: They had no common written language and most literature was oral folklore. (legends, etc., passed down through the generations)
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Class Notes on Native
American Myths and Ritual Songs
(from pages 59-63 in
your
red anthology)
(*
indicates notes from anthology, ***
indicates notes from Mrs. M. )
*** Kachina
Dolls. See http://www.hopikachina.com/
for more information and some pictures.
* Native American literary arts were oral.
*
Two most popular figures in Native American narratives are Grandmother Spider
and Coyote.
*
They are often portrayed as tricksters.
* Coyote is ugly.
*** Southwest Indians began working in ceramics about 300 B. C.
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Native Americans artists produce paintings, weavings, baskets, jewelry, and
feathered and beaded costumes.
***
Read "The Way to Rainy Mountain" on p. 1014 and report to the
class for extra credit.
* Mother Earth and Father Sky
* warp (lengthwise threads in a loom) and weft (threads that go across the
warp.)
Some questions to consider:
- Who steals the sun? How does she conceal it?
- Why are the tail of a possum and the head of a buzzard bald?
- How does Old Man prove to Coyote his claim to be Chief?
- Old Man takes Coyote away to do what?
- Who possesses the "breath of life?"
- In "Song of the Sky Loom" the earth and sky are spoken of as
______________.
- What does Spider bring to the Cherokees?
- Why do Native Americans all over the country speak different languages?
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Abanaki Video
n “Abanaki” = Land of the first light. (Eastport, Maine)
n Goosecap was the first Abanaki to come to this land. Supposedly he shot an arrow at a tree and made the first man and woman.
n Mother Earth
n Father Sky
n Europeans valued material possessions.
n Europeans saw the land as something to be conquered.
n Europeans brought strange diseases such as smallpox. (Epidemics wiped out whole towns and tribes.)
n Fiddleheads as a tonic.
n There are four tribes in Maine today:
Malaseet - lost all their land without any treaty or payment.
Micmak - lost all their land without any treaty or payment.
Passamaquody- land reduced by treaties with state
Penobscotts – land reduced by treaties with state
n Hunting and gathering require large amounts of land, so when their land was reduced, the traditional economy collapsed.
n The French brought Catholicism to Maine. (Natives quickly embraced Catholicism.)
n Negative Images of Native Americans
Squaw
Indians attacked wagon trains without provocation
n After the French and Indian Wars, the Indian population was quite diminished.
n Leaders of Maine lands controlled everything.
n Native Americans could not vote in any Presidential or state elections.
n Native Americans served in the war, but when they returned they were still not considered citizens, but only natives.
n There were no GI loans for Native Americans who fought for our country. They were considered “wards of the state.”
n Also, no FHA loans for the same reason.
n
Consider what is happening in Maine today- Casinos- Yes or No????
What do you think?
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Notes on
Colonial
Boston:
We are very fortunate to live in New England where the history of our country
began! Boston is one of my favorite cities, so here are some interesting
facts that I've picked up along the way:
*Boston is a peninsular that was once primarily
marshland. It had three
major hills, the most famous is the still standing Beacon Hill. The other
two hills were leveled to help fill in the marshes. Consequently, much of
Boston, skyscrapers and all, was built on former marshland. Beacon Hill
was so called because it was the highest hill and an ideal place to hang a
beacon.
*Tremont Street is named after the three original hills of Boston. (Tres mont)
*Charlestown was named after King Charles.
*Currently, the major highway running north and south through Boston
(RT. 93) is elevated above the city. The "Big Dig", which is nearing
completion, will have five southbound and five northbound lanes
running under the city. These lanes compete with many other the
underground systems, including electrical systems, sewer systems, and the "T",
Boston's subway system. The current elevated highway will be torn down and replaced by Oriental
gardens, etc. and pedestrians will have easy access to Boston Harbor from the
rest of the city. (I think this huge project has been completed, well over
budget and with a few leaky underground tunnels!)
*The USS Constitution, or Old Ironsides as it
is called, is docked in the harbor and takes an annual cruise to maintain its
official military standing as the oldest officially commissioned Navel
ship. Do you know why it received the nickname Old Ironsides?
*Boston is famous for its many churches. The oldest church still
standing is the Old North Church. Visitors are welcome. This is the very church where the
Patriots were to hang a lantern, "one if by land, two if by sea."
*Paul Revere's house is not far from the church and is located in the
"North End." This is my favorite section of Boston because I
like authentic Italian food! Mike's Pastry Shop is great for some real Italian
treats.
*If you visit Boston soon, be sure to notice the many statues commemorating the
many war heroes. If a soldier is mounted on a horse that has one foot in
the air, then that means the soldier was injured in battle. If the horse
has both front feet in the air, then that means the soldier was killed in
battle.
*Something relatively new in Boston is the Holocaust Exhibit. The number
of names etched in glass is overwhelming.
*Near Boston Commons you can see the dome of the State House. It was clad
in copper many years ago by Paul Revere's firm.
**Do you know any interesting facts about Boston or other New England
places? Share them with the class.
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The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (1871-1900)
* Novelist and poet
* Born in Newark, New Jersey
* One of first authors to write in the "Naturalistic"
style
* Worked in the slums of NYC as a freelance newspaper
reporter
* Known for his pessimism and brutal portrayals of the human condition
* His stark realism is relieved by his sympathetic understanding of
character
* Because of his vivid portrayals, many people could not
believe that Crane had not been in the Civil War
* His ability to write so well about war earned him a job as a correspondent
for many foreign newspapers
* This is how he caught TB from which he died shortly after at the age of
28
* His first novel was Maggie, a Girl of the Streets (which he
published at his own expense under the pseudonym of Johnston Smith)
* In Crane's world God does not care about human suffering or mankind in
general
* Famous short story called "The Open Boat"
* Friend of Joseph Conrad and Henry James
* Moved to England in 1897 partly due to the gossip his extra marital
affairs caused in the U. S.
* Major Themes: The effect fear has on behavior, poverty, human cruelty
and the insignificance of man
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